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Outside the city walls: the construction of poverty in Alberta's Income and Employment Supports Act
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Goa, Birte Hannah Katherine Ruth
Considerable research has been done on conceptions of poverty and on the welfare state; however, there is little research into the relationship between the two – the ways in which poverty discourses shape welfare states and how transitions in welfare states influence poverty discourses. Using...
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Perceptions and practices of flood risk management: A case study of flood risk governance in High River, Alberta
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Flooding is a major problem across Canada, causing more property damage than any other hazard, and is expected to increase in severity due to climate change. Alberta’s 2013 floods—one of the most expensive natural disasters in Canada’s history—revealed the vulnerability of the province to such...
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Fall 2013
Although many policy frameworks, research definitions and programs on Healthy Aging are available in Canada and abroad, little is known about older adults’ perspectives on this topic. Given the steady increase of the numbers of older Canadians, as well as the diversity of their cultural...
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Porosity and permeability in the Graminia Formation, Upper Devonian Winterburn Group in the Germain Field, northeastern Alberta
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The Upper Devonian Graminia Formation (Winterburn Group) found in the Germain Field of northeastern Alberta includes the Blueridge Member (Frasnian) and the Upper Graminia Member (Famennian). A green silty-shale paleosol overlies the formation in this area. The bitumen-bearing dolostones of this...
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Spring 2022
The Edmonton-area landscape has been shaped by multiple geomorphic events throughout the Quaternary period. These events account for the distribution of resources and landforms across Central Alberta, making their reconstruction essential to understanding the geomorphic history of the Canadian...
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Fall 2010
How are homeless individuals, who have no access to private space yet still have the same needs of dwelling as the rest of us, regarded when they exercise their right to dwell? This question guided my research of Edmonton’s Tent City, which emerged during the summer of 2007. Interviews with...
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Property Rights and the Historical Development of Texas and Alberta's Oil and Gas Industries: An Institutional Perspective
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Property rights, as a set of institutions, are often identified as a core component of economic development. Yet, their composition can differ substantially between jurisdictions. This research examines how jurisdictions with different forms of property rights can achieve similar degrees of...
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Fall 2010
This thesis is about climate change attitudes in Alberta, Canada. It applies a bivariate logistic analysis to the data gathered from a random stratified sampling survey held in Alberta in 2008. It finds that belief in the anthropogenic climate change and Conservative political ideology factors...
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Public Perception of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Canada: What the Frack is Going On?
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Hydraulic fracturing (HF), colloquially known as fracking, is an extremely divisive topic. One of its associated risks is the potential for induced seismicity (IS). Although HF has been around since the 1950s in Alberta, factors affecting public perception of the risks of IS are not fully...